Browser manufacturers and the Dutch government are acting quickly to contain the breach at certificate authority DigiNotar. The incident, meanwhile, has prompted calls for a system overhaul.
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is urging telecommunications companies Sprint and T-Mobile to improve voicemail security in light of the ongoing U.K. scandal accusing Rupert Murdoch's media empire of phone hacking.
Today's flurry of cybercrimes rely on an array of motivations, techniques and technologies, making the job of an investigator to track down the offender that much more difficult.
A sound approach to identification and authentication is an elementary building block to security policy within most any organization, but management of these disciplines face fresh challenges.
Like Comodo before it, the certificate authority DigiNotar said its infrastructure was breached, allowing adversaries to create fraudulent SSL certificates.
Going after the financial middlemen, known as affiliate programs, may be the most effective way to eradicate spam. But one must not forget: Some of these services are legitimate.
